Leaders in Law, the leading platform in its field, is delighted to welcome Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid as our exclusively endorsed International Investment & Commercial Disputes Arbitration member in New York, USA.
Meriam represents and advises clients on complex international disputes, with a focus on public international law, including issues related to human rights, international investment arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and foreign investor risk management.
Meriam has served as counsel in disputes and transactions involving parties from across the globe, including Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, Far East Asia, and Europe. Her practice covers various industries, including, but not limited to, mining and mineral resources, infrastructure, oil and gas, civil engineering, textiles, hospitality, and leisure.
Meriam’s experience includes participation in large-scale arbitrations before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), American Arbitration Association (AAA), The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
She has served as counsel in disputes and transactions involving parties from Libya, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Papua New Guinea, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Austria, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Meriam also acts as an arbitrator on commercial and investor-state disputes, primarily involving parties from the Middle East and North Africa.
Praised by Chambers as a “standout lawyer” and “formidable litigator,” Meriam’s experience is vast across sectors, regions, and arbitral institutions. Clients also report to Chambers that she is a “strong lawyer who is well regarded and very smart,” specifically “very meticulous, [with] outstanding drafting skills and is well organized.”
Meriam also works on matters surrounding post-conflict peace negotiations and governance, and investigation and adjudication of war crimes, as well as growing out a practice in Business and Human Rights, serving as one of the founding board members of the first-ever Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association (BHRLA).
Meriam’s Public International Law and Human Rights practice continues to grow and develop across jurisdictions in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and West Africa. Meriam and her team have worked on matters related to economic violence of women as a human rights matter in all countries of Central and South America, the treatment of armed and unarmed combatants in Iraq and Afghanistan, and worked alongside the Public International Law Policy Group (PILPG) to assist in presenting a case that analyzed how the mass deportation, among other particular and intentional acts of a State or Paramilitary, of a protected people, can be classified as a genocidal act. This legal memorandum and analysis was instrumental to the case brought by The Gambia and 57 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at the ICJ, alleging that Myanmar failed to fulfill its obligations to prevent and punish acts of genocide committed against the Rohingya in Rakhine State as required under the Genocide Convention.
Meriam has been appointed as a committee member of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice. The Vance Center is a member of the International Coalition on the Responsibility to Protect, the International Legal Assistance Consortium, and the Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Center also has consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The Vance Center provides pro bono legal representation to dozens of social justice organizations and engages hundreds of law firms in this worldwide work while promoting diversity in the legal profession.
In conjunction with the Vance Center, Meriam has worked with a US-based nonprofit to assess, better protect, and advance the rights of children in one of the poorest districts in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Meriam provided legal assistance to assess whether the conditions constitute violations of children’s rights to a healthy environment, life, dignity, and any other rights that must be protected under the Inter-American Human Rights System and/or other international instruments.
In addition, Meriam serves as an Advisory Board Member for multiple organizations and companies through AdvisoryCloud, contributing her strategic insights and global legal expertise to diverse boards. View her AdvisoryCloud profile.
If you have require assistance in this area, please contact Meriam directly or the Leaders in Law head office: info@leaders-in-law.com
